[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Xen-devel] Domain 0 SMP
Hey there. I'm having an issue; and I am not sure if it is an issue with Xen or simply that I don't understand what I am doing. Specifically, I have a number of servers that we want to virtualize -- I've tried UML, but was rather unimpressed with the performance, and hence want to give Xen a try. These servers are SMP Xeon boxes, with about 1GB-1.5GB of RAM each. Just standard server boxes, really; nothing special about them. I've got all the pre-reqs setup (we run Debian woody, so some of it was a pain to get to the right versions, but I've managed, with stow and backports.org), and the "check" script that comes with the Xen binaries package completes with no errors found. Now, I want to compile custom -xen0 and -xenU kernels. It is my understanding that -xen0 is the "master" kernel, that supports the hardware, and then the -xenU kernels are the virtual kernels that live inside -xen0. Hence, I want to have a -xen0 kernel that supports all the necessary hardware for the box, but the -xenU kernel just requires the frontend drivers to connect to the hardware that -xen0 shares with the backend drivers, correct? My problem is with the -xen0 kernel -- specifically, I can't find any place to _enable_ SMP in it. I know that SMP is not currently possible within -xenU kernels; which is fine. I don't need SMP within the virtual machines. However, I _do_ need it in the -xen0 kernel, and the option isn't there in "make ARCH=xen xconfig" What am I doing wrong? How can I enable SMP for the domain 0 Xen kernel? I note that the documentation lists a 'nosmp' argument that can be passed as an argument to a -xen0 kernel to turn _off_ SMP. Is SMP perhaps just "always-on"? (I am using xen-2.0.4-src, and am working in the 'linux-2.6.10-xen0' directory created by a call to 'make kernels') Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
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